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I glued the tees in on Sunday. Last night (Tuesday), I tugged on one of the tees to make sure it was glued in tight and it came right out as if it had never been glued! The others all turn easily and I'm sure I could pull them right out if I wanted to.

I used Elmer's Wood Glue as seen in the apprentice picture above. Should I have used something else?

Or is it the finish on the tees? Maybe golf tees are painted with something that wood glue doesn't stick to? I'm thinking I should sand the tees down to bare wood and try again, but do I need different glue while I'm at it?

I meant upgrade in terms of size.... poor choice of wording on my part. If you have to drill it out a bit to get the old glue out of there and sand down the golf tee, it probably won't be a very snug fit.

I don't see how you could go wrong with Home Depot oak dowels. If there were problems with them expanding/contracting too much or any other weird problems, H-D wouldn't sell them. Oak is a hard-wood, as is a Stat neck, so I think you'll be fine.

I've drilled and doweled new holes for a new trem using oak on my MIM Strat with no problems.

That's what the guy at Home Depot said too, although we didn't discuss guitars specifically.

I doweled it a few days ago and drilled and mounted the neck yesterday. I was a little apprehensive, having never drilled a neck before, but it worked great and I even managed to get the neck straight so the E strings are equidistant from the fingerboard edges.

I still need to set the intonation, install strap buttons, and find a tone knob to replace the missing one, but so far it plays just fine.

And, unlike my last Squier Strat that I mentioned earlier in this thread, the nut slots seem to be cut properly. Even without having the 12th fret intonation set perfectly, the notes at the lower frets are pretty close to in tune, open chords sound good, and it seems to return to pitch after mild whammy bar use.

Not the best pic below, but Old Filthy (or should I call him Mr. Clean now?) is finished.

Like my last Squier Strat, this one doesn't have that super-glassy neck pickup tone nor does it quack particularly well in positions 2 and 4.

The pickups are pretty hot and I like all 5 switch positions. Sustain is excellent. The nut slots are fine - it intonates well and returns to pitch even after some deep dives.

With neck and middle pickups selected and the tone rolled back a way on each, and though a Hot Rod Deluxe on the More Drive channel, this guitar rocks! So much so, that my Telecaster is getting lonely.

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